Wireless Technology

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Clearwire, the "on-purpose" money-loser (CLWR)

AlphaNinja 15 days ago

Clearwire (CLWR)builds and operates wireless broadband networks both domestically and internationally.Today they announced an equity investment of $1.5billion from Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel, and others:"This additional level of strategic funding marks another important milestone in the progress of Clearwire, and ...

Sprint, others give Clearwire $1.5B in financing

AP News 16 days ago

Clearwire gets $1.5 billion in financing from Sprint and other investors Investors in Clearwire Corp., including Sprint Nextel Corp. and major cable companies, Tuesday said they are pumping an additional $1.5 billion into the company so it can keep building out its ...

Samsung's 1.3 bln dlr licensing deal with Qualcomm

AFP Asian Edition 20 days ago

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Thursday it will pay 1.3 billion dollars plus royalties to US wireless chip supplier Qualcomm under a new 15-year licensing deal. Samsung, the world's second largest mobile phone maker, said it would make the advance payment for ...

Cablevision Systems 3Q profit more than triples

AP News 22 days ago

Cablevision Systems 3rd-quarter profit jumps as it adds more voice customers Cablevision Systems Corp. on Tuesday said its third-quarter profit more than tripled as a sluggish economy didn't deter subscribers from signing up for its digital cable, Internet and phone plans in ...

Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money

AP News 43 days ago

With 2,200 broadband applications, competition for billions in stimulus dollars is intense The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods ...

State-owned firm says Vietnam's first 3G service launched

AFP Global Edition 44 days ago

State-owned mobile network operator Vinaphone said Tuesday it has begun offering Vietnam's first 3G service, bringing "a revolution" to the country's mobile system. The company is the first to implement the service after it and three other telcoms in April received government ...

FCC chairman warns of 'looming spectrum crisis'

AP Features 49 days ago

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission warned Wednesday of "a looming spectrum crisis" if the government fails to find ways to come up with more bandwidth for mobile devices. Julius Genachowski said the government is tripling the amount of spectrum available ...

Clearwire says Alvarion, ZTE to aid Spanish launch

AP News 50 days ago

Clearwire names Alvarion, ZTE as network infrastructure suppliers in launch of 4G WiMAX Clearwire Corp. said Tuesday it named telecoms equipment providers Alvarion Ltd. of Israel and ZTE Corp. of China as network infrastructure suppliers to support its launch of 4G WiMAX ...

World Bank to invest $215 million in African internet

Reuters US Online Report Internet News 51 days ago

GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The World Bank unveiled its $215 million Central African Backbone program on Tuesday, to bring reliable, high-speed, low-cost internet access to the region for the first time. Despite being the fastest-growing telecoms market in the world, Africa's broadband growth ...

Free-to-air services help mobile TV market: chip firm

Reuters US Online Report Technology News 56 days ago

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Fast uptake of free-to-air mobile TV services in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe is breathing new life into the ailing mobile TV broadcasting market, chip firm Telegent Systems said. Mobile television broadcasting, the hottest ...

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